Signing(s): George Springer signs with the Blue Jays (6 years, $150 million)

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[MMC]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Good for the Jays to make a splash. Rogers is a filthy rich company, they can afford it even in a pandemic.

Jays lineup becomes even more RH heavy.

 

[punk_o_holic]

Knew it was coming but I'm going to miss him. Was one of my favorite Astro. Sucks the last couple of years they lost Keuchel, Cole, Springer, possibly Brantley this year and potentially Correa next year

 

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[Terry Yake]

glad he's out of the west

 

[Blitzkrug]

The one part of the Astros core that wasn't an insufferable douchebag. We take those.

Also for the second year in a row the Jays landed a big name Free Agent. That's...different.

 

[Voight]

Wow Shatkins actually got a big fish and Mr Ed Rogers opened up his wallet. Well done.

 

[Maestro84]

Finally the Jays make the big splash that they've been teasing us about!!! He's done some terrible things in the past with the trash can banging and stuff, but talent wise Springer is a gamer and he'll be of massive help to this young team in many different ways.

$25 mil/year is a lot of money but that was what was needed to beat out the Mets. The only con is that he's 31 and the contract lasts 6 years; would've been a perfect deal if he was only 2-3 years younger. Even though he should be in his prime for another 3-4 years, the later years of his contract when he's 36/37, it has the potential to become one of those unmovable contracts - hopefully his decline is very slow after he turns 35.

 

[Maestro84]

Wow Shatkins actually got a big fish and Mr Ed Rogers opened up his wallet. Well done.

Rogers is one of my most despised companies here in Canada but I gotta give them props on this one. Outbidding someone like Steve Cohen for a player Springer's caliber is no easy task

 

[Blitzkrug]

The interesting thing here is they actually outbid somebody.

The Mets came with in with that offer that clocked in at around 125 million and the Jays were like "oh? lol watch this." That's almost unheard of for Rogers since they've owned the team.

If they've decided to open up the checkbooks the rest of Baseball should take notice. Because with how ****huge Rogers is they can easily match the big boy teams in spending if they really, truly wanted to. There would still be the issue of convincing guys to play in Canada but i'm sure money could fix that too.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Knew it was coming but I'm going to miss him. Was one of my favorite Astro. Sucks the last couple of years they lost Keuchel, Cole, Springer, possibly Brantley this year and potentially Correa next year

They’re looking at getting Brantley too.

 

[Del Preston]

Nice. Shatkins really did it.

 

[EpochLink]

The interesting thing here is they actually outbid somebody.

The Mets came with in with that offer that clocked in at around 125 million and the Jays were like "oh? lol watch this." That's almost unheard of for Rogers since they've owned the team.

If they've decided to open up the checkbooks the rest of Baseball should take notice. Because with how ****huge Rogers is they can easily match the big boy teams in spending if they really, truly wanted to. There would still be the issue of convincing guys to play in Canada but i'm sure money could fix that too.

Also the Mets have had a bad 24 hours firing their new GM due to explicit pictures.

 

[punk_o_holic]

They’re looking at getting Brantley too.

Yeah I saw that. Interesting to note, if they get him, log jam in the outfield. Apparently would use those of's as trade chip to get a starter. Too bad Houston has none to trade, would have wanted to get Gurriel to reunite the brothers.

 

[Halladay]

The one Astro I actually liked. Easy guy to like. Had a speech impediment when he was younger that he has overcame.

 

[TF97]

Huge addition and Springer is the perfect player at the perfect time for this team. I always thought Springer was the most likely of the big name free agents/trade targets to end up on the Blue Jays and now here we are. I expect his bat to age relatively well and he can slide into a corner spot when needed and hopefully by then Martin can slot in as the center fielder of the future.

 

[PG Canuck]

Doesn’t have to play the M’s anymore.

Good.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

The one Astro I actually liked. Easy guy to like. Had a speech impediment when he was younger that he has overcame.

Good guy Springer is a good guy. He's never going to beat Trout in an MVP race but Springer is an elite player and I'll take that every day.

 

[Deen]

We still need better pitching, but solid signing.

 

[BSHH]

No-one can foretell the future, but Springer was the free agent who warranted a major investment the most. Position-wise it makes perfect sense for Toronto, who will now have enough time to develop or sign their CF of the future.

If the Mets rumors are true, they have made a mistake. You have to draw a line somewhere, but bowing out on Springer below $ 25m AAV seems like saving at the wrong spot to me.

Gruß,
BSHH

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Wow. I’m stunned. Springer is exactly who we need on this team and I don’t hate that contract at all. 6/150 is a lot obviously but not outrageous.

Would still love another quality rotation arm and maybe some more bullpen help but like the direction of this team.

Have no idea how the line up and positions will work out but here’s my shot at it.

1 - Springer CF
2 - Bo SS
3 - Gurriel LF
4 - Vladdy 1B
5 - Teoscar OF
6 - Grichuk RF
7 - Rowdy DH
8 - Jansen C
9 - Biggio 2B/3B

We have too many outfielders and need another infielder. Bo is probably better suited at 2B so finding a rock solid SS in the field would be ideal. Biggio can play anywhere and I put him in the 9 hole in the lineup to be a 2nd lead off man since he’s an OBP machine.

A couple of tweaks but there’s a lot to like about that lineup. Marine if Vladdy can play close to his potential

 

[John Price]

Good move by the JAy.

 

[DougieSmash]

Springer is a gamer but that's a lot for OF on the wrong side of the 30s. Jays overpaid not outbid Mets at all. Still good for them though.

 

[BMOK33]

No-one can foretell the future, but Springer was the free agent who warranted a major investment the most. Position-wise it makes perfect sense for Toronto, who will now have enough time to develop or sign their CF of the future.

If the Mets rumors are true, they have made a mistake. You have to draw a line somewhere, but bowing out on Springer below $ 25m AAV seems like saving at the wrong spot to me.

Gruß,
BSHH

The Mets were basically done with Springer once they traded for Lindor. Had Toronto gotten Realmuto it’s likely Springer would have settled for the Mets at something like 5/100-110 but the Mets were never going that high with Lindor Conforto Syndergaard all needing to be signed